Chapter 26 YAWP Quiz
Rosa Parks was the first person to protest segregated bus policies. True False
False
The 1950s consumer economy and federal housing opportunities positively impacted Americans of all races. True False
False
American fertility rates declined after WWII. True False
False (Baby Boomers)
What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity? Hippies Beats Zoot Suiters Toughs
Hippies
Which Supreme Court case declared separate education facilities inherently unequal making the separate but equal doctrine unconstitutional? Brown v. Board of Education Miranda v. Arizona Plessy v. Ferguson Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education
By the end of the 1950s, 90 percent of American families had a television and the average viewer was tuning in for almost five hours a day. True False
True
Why was Emmett Till murdered? Allegedly whistling at a white woman Protesting segregation in Mississippi public schools Sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend Refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
What was the impact of government programs and subsidies such as the HOLC and FHA? Middle class Americans moved to inner cities to take advantage of rent control programs. Minority groups saw increased equal access opportunities to qualify for affordable mortgages. American home ownership increased along with the rise of the suburbs. Home ownership declined due to higher interest rates in urban areas.
American home ownership increased along with the rise of the suburbs.
Which Republican candidate won the 1952 presidential election? Dwight Eisenhower Robert Taft Richard Nixon Thomas Dewey
Dwight Eisenhower
The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values? Communal unity Economic individualism Social justice Nonviolence and peacemaking
Economic individualism
According to the textbook, Americans who lived in the suburbs widely embraced socialism in both politics and economics. True False
False
America's suburban population declined throughout the 1950s. True False
False
Which civil rights leader created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in an effort to coordinate civil rights groups across the South? John Lewis E.D. Nixon A. Philip Randolph Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which organization did gay men establish in Los Angeles as a support group? Mont Perlin Society Mattachine Society Daughters of Bilitis Affluent Society
Mattachine Society
What was the term used to describe the discriminatory practice that put financial services out of reach for certain residents based on race or ethnicity? Appraising Redlining Sponsorship Subsidizing
Redlining
